Improvement in keys for sewing-machine locks



EDWARD L. GAYLORD;

Improvement in Keys for Sewing. Machine- Locks" No. 121,096.. PatentedNov.:21,1s71;

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EDWARD L. 'GAYLORD, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN KEYS FOR SEWING-MACHINE LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,096, dated November21, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. GAYLORD, of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Key for Sewing-Machine Locks, 85c. and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis specification.

Figure l is a side view of a lock, showing a key-hole into which myimproved key fits. Fig. 2 is a side view of my improved key. Fig. 3 is adetail longitudinal section of the same taken through the line .70 00,Fig. 2.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved key for locks tobe attached to sewing machine covers and other articles that are turnedup or over so that the key is liable to fall out and be lost, and whichshall be so constructed as to retain its place in the key-hole howevermuch the article to which the lock is attached may be turned up; and itconsists in the key constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the key, which is made in two parts, secured to each otherat the handle end by rivets, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The forward endsof the parts or pieces of the key A are made square, and are beveled orslightly bent inward at their extreme ends to enable them to beconveniently inserted in the square key-hole of the lock. The parts ofthe key A are made elastic and their forward parts are set out, as shownin Fig. '3, so as to be pressed inward or toward each other when the keyis pressed into the key-hole, where the key will be retained by theelasticity of said parts. The parts of the key A may be of equal size,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or one part may be smaller than the-other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The key A, having two elastic prongs beveled inwardlyat the ends thereof, as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD L. GAYLORD.

Witnesses F. G. GRANDALL,

N. TAYLOR BALDWIN. (93)

